Electrical connector assembly
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsThomas Roan, Brij N. Singh, Andrew D. Wieland
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Abstract
An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrically conductive contact member and a second electrically conductive contact member. Both contact members have non-planar interface surfaces. The second interface surface is complimentary to the first interface surface. The first interface surface may include a plurality of elongated first ridges and a plurality of elongated first valleys, and the second interface surface may include a plurality of elongated second ridges and a plurality of elongated second valleys. A first ridge is received by a second valley and a second ridge is received by a first valley.
Claims15
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- a first electrically conductive contact member, the first contact member having a non-planar first interface surface, the first interface surface comprising a plurality of elongated first ridges and a plurality of elongated first valleys;
- a substrate;
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- a second electrically conductive contact member mounted on the substrate, the second contact member having a non-planar second interface surface which is complementary to the first interface surface and which engages the first interface surface to form an interlocking electrical connection, the second interface surface comprising a plurality of elongated second ridges that are aligned with the corresponding elongated first valleys and a plurality of elongated second valleys that are aligned with the corresponding elongated first ridges, wherein the first contact member and the second contact member are diamond-shaped, rounded triangular, teardrop-shaped, or oval-shaped, wherein the interlocking electrical connection facilitates efficient heat transfer from the second contact member to the first contact member to dissipate heat associated with the substrate to ambient air.
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